Aleksey Kamkin

Aleksey Kamkin

Kamkin, Dolinin, Kulagin and Eliseyev at the 1980 Olympics
Personal information
Born	15 October 1952 (1952-10-15) (age 66) Kaliningrad, Russia
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	82 kg (181 lb)
Sport
Sport	Rowing
Club	VS Leningrad
Medal record Representing the  Soviet Union Olympic Games 1980 Moscow Coxless four World Rowing Championships 1981 Münich Coxless four 1982 Lucerne Coxless four

Aleksey Dmitrievich Kamkin (Russian: Алексей Дмитриевич Камкин, born 15 October 1952) is a retired Russian rower who had his best achievements in the coxless fours, together with Valeriy Dolinin, Aleksandr Kulagin and Vitaly Eliseyev. In this event they won a world title in 1981 and silver medals at the 1980 Summer Olympics and 1982 World Rowing Championships.^[1][2][3]

After retiring from competition Kamkin worked as a rowing coach at the national level. Between 1984 and 1991 he coached the Soviet Army team and prepared two national champions.^[4]

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